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Property management involves the processes, systems and manpower required to manage the life cycle of rental housing properties, including acquisition, control, accountability, responsibility, maintenance, utilization and disposition. There are many facets to this industry and profession and PMI covers them all.

It has been one busy hurricane season. Hurricane Harvey’s catastrophic flooding in metro Houston affected about 6.5 million people, according to a study from RealPage’s data analytics team. Widespread damage from recent hurricanes impacted thousands in South Texas, Florida and the Caribbean. As the United States rebuilds, many will be tasked with making property decisions. We have rounded[…]

RealPage’s Gustavo Sapiurka, Senior VP of OneSite, recently sat down to talk about affordable senior living and assisted care. Sapuirka discusses what he calls “the perfect storm” for the industry. He describes four parts of the wave: age, income, savings and caregiver shortage—in addition to the Medicaid expansion and shrinking Medicaid allotments that put pressure[…]

As civilization sprawls further into woodland habitats, the threat of fire rises—and fire prevention plays a significant role for homeowners. In nature, fire plays a central role in managing wilderness health, clearing out brush and ground cover that would otherwise choke essential forest trees. The burned debris it leaves behind enriches the soil. It stimulates the[…]

Multifamily housing now is getting closer to fully embracing the holy grail of apartment market intelligence data. And the timing couldn’t be better. As the apartment industry rapidly adjusts to the changing landscape of the current cycle, RealPage Data Analytics will soon provide a singular source for critical market information. The new platform blends key[…]

Workers who build apartments and other construction aren’t getting any younger. Neither are those who maintain them. In an industry hard-hit in recent years by labor shortages, the median age of men and women who hammer, saw and build roads has crept to 41, according to an assessment by the National Association of Home Builders[…]

The hottest markets for investing, rent performance and resident retention have been announced in the National Apartment Association’s Market Momentum Report, produced in partnership with RealPage. The Market Momentum Report is a survey of industry decision-makers about business plans, expectations and trends in the apartment housing industry. “Market Momentum provides our members with useful and[…]

Insights from The Home Depot on designing today’s apartments for the younger generation A new set of trends, likes and dislikes accompany every generation that comes along. Today’s older apartment residents cut their teeth on goldenrod and avocado appliances, then graduated to granite countertops and tile floors. Those preferences seemed light years away from the[…]

Anticipation hung in the air as Pinnacle Senior Vice President Raymond Van Beveren waited for the “interview.” The standing room only crowd, uncharacteristic for a property maintenance-oriented session at a multifamily conference, stifled a few giggles as the applicant, a broad-shouldered man, sauntered to the stage. “I’m here, I’m here!” he said as the crowd[…]